After the pandemic as much as 62%. of employees would like to combine working from home and the office

The number of people who are increasingly bothered by the lack of direct contact with other people while working remotely is growing, and one in five. 48% say that being away from home all the time has a negative impact on their relationships, according to a new report on remote working from Polish video conferencing and webinar platform ClickMeeting. However, employees like this form of work, and nearly half believe they work more efficiently due to the lack of direct supervision.

Poles definitely like remote work, according to a new report from ClickMeeting, a Polish webinar solutions provider “How do we evaluate remote working after a year of pandemic?”. The average response to the question “Do you like working remotely?” was 7 out of a possible 10 points.

Half of employees believe that they work more efficiently without direct supervision

Working from home also means it’s harder to keep in touch with other employees and team members and managers. However, as many as 48%. of those surveyed by ClickMeeting said it was the lack of direct supervision that positively impacted their job performance. Only 9 percent. of those surveyed say that the opposite is true. 17 per cent. respondents, working online had a positive impact on their relationship with their supervisor, while 13 percent. perceives a worsening of the relationship with the boss.

We save time on commuting to the office, but we work longer hours

One of the reasons for such a positive attitude is probably saving time on commuting to the office – an overwhelming 72 percent. respondents confirm that working from home gains time. However, in a similar report published by ClickMeeting in September 2020. This answer was indicated by 4%. more people. However, as many as 23% of. disagrees with this statement – by 7%. more than in September. This may be due to the fact that remote work often blurs the line between work and leisure time. More than half of the respondents pointed out that since home became an office at the same time, their working hours have increased. In the opinion of only 38 percent. their working time has not increased, and for the remaining 6%. this is a difficult issue to resolve.

Less than a year separates us from the moment when the pandemic has revolutionized our lives, also in the context of work. The scale of this change is reflected in the demand for platforms for online meetings, webinars and video conferences. In 2020. on the ClickMeeting platform alone, there were more than 2 million online events, which gathered a total of nearly 31 million participants – Dominika Paciorkowska, ClickMeeting Managing Director comments; Poles have grown accustomed to remote work and like it, but they miss the relationships with other people. That’s why we are constantly implementing new solutions that help shorten the distance between meeting participants and give them the best possible experience and interaction in virtual relationships.

Lack of face-to-face interaction is a growing problem, so we want to work hybrids

Despite the high level of satisfaction with remote working compared to September, the number of proponents of full-time work has decreased – from 29 percent. to 24 percent. currently. However, the number of respondents who prefer to work exclusively from home – increased from 9 percent. to 15%. Most employees would like to combine working from home and from the office – as many as 62% of respondents. Hardly surprising – after such a long period of isolation, we begin to suffer from a lack of contact with other people. Compared to September, there was a huge increase in the number of people who, when asked about their longing for interpersonal relations, indicated that they miss them very much – from 20 percent. up to 32 percent. One in five respondents indicated that they lack relationships to a medium degree. It can therefore be said that 53 percent. of respondents suffer to some extent from a lack of interpersonal relationships from their time in the office.

Remote working influences relationships with household members

Remote working is also not without impact on relationships with household members – after all, in this situation we spend much more time with them than before the pandemic. More than 40 percent of. of respondents believe that working from home has had a positive impact on their relationships at home, but more than 20%., and therefore ⅕ of respondents believe this influence is negative. Another 22 percent. One in five respondents indicated that they do not use mobile payments, while the remaining 14% cannot say whether anything has changed in this aspect. this topic does not apply to.